6.3 Climate change — mitigation and adaptation Quiz
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1. Which is a mitigation strategy?
- A. Building a sea wall
- B. Planting salt-tolerant rice
- C. Installing solar panels in place of a coal power plant
- D. Moving people away from a flood-prone area
2. Which is an adaptation strategy?
- A. Reforestation
- B. Cyclone shelters
- C. Wind farms
- D. Energy-efficient light bulbs
3. Why can cuts by one country be undermined?
- A. Greenhouse gases stay in that country
- B. Other countries' emissions may rise and industries may relocate
- C. Renewable energy is unreliable
- D. Carbon dioxide is not a greenhouse gas
4. A NAPA is prepared by
- A. the least developed countries
- B. only the USA
- C. the oil companies
- D. the IPCC
5. Decarbonisation involves
- A. more use of fossil fuels
- B. switching to low-carbon energy sources
- C. building flood barriers
- D. releasing methane